Evolution quotes
57 evolution quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines- From the movie: The Ninth Configuration
“In order for life to have appeared spontaneously on Earth, there first had to be hundreds of millions of protein molecules of the ninth configuration. But given the size of the planet Earth, do you know how long it would have taken for just one of these protein molecules to appear entirely by chance? Roughly ten to the two hundred and...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: The X Files
- From the movie: Jurassic Park
- From the TV Series: That '70s Show
“I've been screwed by Darwinism... never needed to evolve listening skills 'cause my looks are so highly developed.”
- From the TV Series: The Flash
“Evolutionary leaps follow the creations of new technologies.”
- From the TV Series: True Detective
“I think human consciousness, is a tragic misstep in evolution. We became too self-aware, nature created an aspect of nature separate from itself, we are creatures that should not exist by natural law. We are things that labor under the illusion of having a self, an accretion of sensory, experience and feeling, programmed with total assurance...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the TV Series: Westworld
“We’ve managed to slip evolution’s leash now, haven’t we? We can cure any disease, keep even the weakest of us alive, and one fine day perhaps we shall even resurrect the dead, call forth Lazarus from his cave. Do you know what that means? It means that we’re done, that this is as good as we’re going to get.”
- From the movie: Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
“I'm indeed the future of the planet. I'm the necessary shot to the system. I am human evolutionary change. Bulletproof. Superhuman.”
- From the animation: Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
- James "Jimmy" Isaac Neutron: They've evolved beyond the need for conventional bodies. They must be an advanced species, millions of years ahead of us.
- Sheen Estevez: Wow. When I blow my nose, it looks like an advanced species too. - From the movie: Garfield
“- Luca: You're on the wrong side of the street, fat cat. Beat it!
- Garfield: And you, Luca. You're on the wrong side of the evolutionary curve.” - From the movie: Blade Runner 2049
“Every leap of civilization was built on the back of a disposable workforce.”
- From the movie: Split
“The Beast is a sentient creature who represents the highest form of humans' evolution. He believes the time of ordinary humanity is over. I hope this makes you feel calm. You will be in the presence of something greater. I was gonna ask for your last shirt, but I won't. Because tonight is a sacred night. It's almost over.”
- From the movie: Mimic
“Sometimes an insect will evolve to mimic its predator. A fly can look like a spider, a caterpillar can look like a snake. The Judas evolved to mimic its predator... us.”
- From the movie: Naked
“We'll evolve into something that transcends matter, into a species of pure thought.”
- From the movie: The Zero Theorem
- From the movie: The Happening
“You know plants have the ability to target specific threats. Tobacco plants when attacked by heliothis caterpillars will send out a chemical attracting wasps to kill just those caterpillars. We don't know how plants obtain these abilities, they just evolve very rapidly.”
- From the movie: Blade
“Look at 'em. They're cattle; pieces of meat. What difference does it make how their world ends? Plague... war... famine. Morality doesn't even enter into it. We're just a function of natural selection, man. The new race.”
- From the animation: Ice Age: The Meltdown
“- Sid: Maybe we could rapidly evolve into water creatures.
- Diego: That's genius, Sid.
- Sid: Call me Squid.” - From the movie: Matinee
“Young lady, human/insect mutation is far from an exact science.”
- La trovi in Life and Death in Hollywood
“Where there is age there is evolution, where there is life there is growth.”
- From the movie: Dinosaur
- From the movie: The Last Days of Disco
“Group social life has its place, but at a certain point other biological factors come into play. Our bodies weren't really designed for group social life. A certain amount of pairing off was always part of the original plan.”
- From the movie: Planet of the Apes
“Time to explain evolution to the monkeys.”
- From the movie: Resident Evil: Apocalypse
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